Alert archive / Kentucky / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 2005, 7:55 PM EDT for Wayne County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2005, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2005, 8:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wayne County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1015 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KJKL 042355 TORJKL KYC231-050100- /O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0002.050704T2355Z-050705T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 755 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY * UNTIL 900 PM EDT * AT 650 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ZULA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBANY...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ZULA...POWERSBURG AND CABELL BY 800 PM EDT SUSIE AND HIDALGO BY 805 PM EDT SLICKFORD BY 810 PM EDT COOPER AND MONTICELLO BY 820 PM EDT OIL VALLEY AND BURFIELD BY 825 PM EDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3683 8515 3665 8512 3660 8475 3695 8447 $$ PELTON
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KJKL 050021
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
819 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2005
KYC231-050100-
/O.CON.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050705T0100Z/
WAYNE KY-
819 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LIKELY TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
PARNELL...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTICELLO...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
2 MILES NORTH OF MONTICELLO AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARRIER BY
825 PM EDT
STEUBENVILLE BY 835 PM EDT
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREGORY BY 840 PM EDT
MILL SPRINGS...BETSEY AND 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF DENNEY BY 845 PM EDT
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DELTA BY 850 PM EDT
FRAZER AND KIDDER BY 855 PM EDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3692 8499 3661 8499 3661 8478 3684 8455
3698 8469 3700 8484
$$
PELTON000
WWUS53 KJKL 050043
SVSJKL
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
841 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2005
KYC231-050051-
/O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050705T0100Z/
WAYNE KY-
841 PM EDT MON JUL 4 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OR SEVERE WEATHER.
THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3692 8499 3661 8499 3661 8478 3684 8455
3698 8469 3700 8484
$$
PELTONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Montgomery | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Powell | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 55 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.